Acetylene-gas generator.



No. 659,086 Paf'ented Oct. 2, I900.

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ACETYLENE GAS GENERATOR.

(Application filed Feb. 6, 1900.)

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Patented Oct. 2, I900.

0. J. MOUSSETTE.

ACETYLENE" GAS GENERATOR.

(Application filed Feb. 6, 1900.)

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OLIVER J. MOUSSETTE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AQETYLEN E-GAS G EN ERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 659,086, dated October2, 1900.

Application filed February 6, 1900- Serial No. 4,219. No modem To allwhom it may concern.-

Be itknown thatI, OLIVER J. MOUSSETTE, a citizen of the United States,residing atNew York, (Rockaway Beach,) in the county of Queens and Stateof New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Acetylene- GasGenerators, of which the following isa specification.

This invention resides in certain novel details of construction setforth'in the following specification and'cl'aiins and illustrated in theannexed drawings, inWhich- Figure 1 is asecti'onal elevation of thegenerator. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. lin section along A A, Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of a hopper and carrier. Fig. 4. is asectional view at right angles to Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section of thegasometel' along B B, Fig. 1. Figs. (Sand 7 show a modified manner offastening the hopper'cover.

A hopper a for the charge or calcium carbid is shown with itsfeed-opening closed by cover Z). A cam or lever c is fulcrumed on pin d,pivoted to hooks e, which can be slipped under a flange at the mouth orneck of the hopper, and the lever being then swung to locking positionits cam or high part presses the cover to its seat to form an air or gastight closure. A- rubber or other suitable packing can be madeas-additional means for securing a tight joint at the cover. Thiscarbid-holder Ct is shown funnel-shaped or with a restricted outlet orlower mouth f, leading to pockets g in a carrier h. These pockets areshown with constricted months, said mouths being smaller or narrowerthan the belly or wide part of such pocket-s g. The mouth f can be ofthe same size as the pocket-mouth, but can be made larger, if seen fit.The carrier h is rotary or mounted on a shaft vi, having hearings in thecase 7c about carrier h. This shaft has a ratchet Z, and a pawl mengages the ratchet and is actuated by lever n on shaft 2'. A link 0 isjointed to this lever and to a slide or sleeve 10, which can travel upand down a rod or tube q, fixed to or supported by the gasometer r. Aweight 8, Fig.

1, connected to the slide 19 by a cord or chain suitably led over apulley, tends to raise the slide. A stop or collar t is so fixed oradjusted on the rod or post q that when the slide '1) has risen and beenstopped by striking collarlf the pawl m has been moved back far enoughto take hold of a succeeding tooth of ratchet Z. The gasometer has thewell-known movable dome'a. This dome carries a finger 6, extending overa finger c on slide 1). As the dome rises or is charged the slide 29under the action of weight .9 follows finger b'until such slide isstopped by collar 23, after which the dome and finger b. rise bythemselves until the charge is complete. As the domedischarges ordescends the finger b is brought back onto the finger c and the slidepis depressed against. the action of weight s. This oscillation of slide19 with lever n gives a stepbystep rotation to the pockets, so that thelatter are successively brought to the trap d. The pawl or arm e of thetrap when sitting against a high part of disk f holds the trap swung upor closed; but when the disk f, rotating with the pocket-carrier, bringsa cut or depressed part to pawl e' thc trap can open or swing down, anda charge which has been emptied from a pocket onto the trap passes intotank g, conveniently called the generating-tank. The water or liquid inthis tank, with the entering carbid, effects gas generation. The tank orrescrvoirghas its bottom contracted or funnel-shaped, and sediment fromsaid bottom can be drawn ofi through the pipe or outlet h. Thesafety-pipe 1L, dipping into the water in the tank, is shown with asafety-valve It, which will not allow premature or unnecessary escape ofpressure. If gas should accumulate in tank g to exert pressure beyond acertain degree, such gas pressing on the water in the tank. will forcethe water in to pipe 7; and such water Will-force open safety-valve 7c.The safety-valve when open allows escape of pressure or of the water andlater on of gas in tank g, as required to prevent the tank exploding.The valve Z being open, gas can enter or charge the dome ct through pipe'm. The dome can empty through discharge n to the point of use. Inpractice it has been found that particles or impurities are apt to passor Work along the discharge a. To prevent annoyance or prevent theseparticles reaching or clogging the burners, a filter can be employed.The filter is shownpomprisin g a vessel 0, in which is a sieve orstrainer 19' at some distance from the bottom. Suitable coarse materialq, such as pebbles or gravel, will catch or arrest the passage ofobjectionable particles or material, while allowing the gas to travel onto the point of use. The filter can be closed by a lever-locked cover,the same as the cover I) on the hopper a. The constricted mouth fof thehopper and the constricted pocket-mouths tend to cause the carbid tocharge easily or properly into and from the pockets. Such constrictedpocket mouths also cause the pockets to empty somewhat gradually intothe generating-tank, so that the generation of gas does not occur withobjectionable rapidity.

In Figs. 6 and 7 is shown another Way of securing cover I) which hasbeen found practical. Hooks or lugs e are formed or fixed on hopper ct,and the lever c has its fulcrumshaft 61* or the ends of said shaftformed with a high part or as a mutilated circle in crosssection. Thecover I) having been putin place and turned to bring the ends of fulcrum01* under hooks 0* and the lever then swung to carry the high parts ofthe fulcrum against the hooks, the cover b is fastened in closingposition.

The constricted mouths of the hopper and pockets are of advantage. Thecarrier 71 in its rotation has to cut oif a comparativelynarrow width orextent of carbid at the boundary or circumference between thehoppermouth f and the mouth of pocket g. This narrow width of carbidoffers but slight, if any, resistance to the rotation of the carrier, sothat the apparatus works prompt and easy. A large mass or area ofmaterial extending across the boundary between the edge of the month fand the edge of a pocket-mouth would offer resistance to the carrierplowing or cutting through such extent of material; but the constrictedpocket-mouths diminish the area of material at this point, so that but acomparatively-small extent of material has to be cut oif.

No claim is made herein to what is shown in United States Patent No.636,683, granted November 7, 1899.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hopper and a generating-tank, combined with a carrier, a ratchetand pawl for the carrier, a slide linked to the pawl-bar, a movable domehaving a finger I) made to extend over the slide to press the latterdown, aweight for causing the slide to move upward to follow the dome asthe latter rises, and a stop to arrest the slide at a certain pointWhile allowing the dome to continue ris ing, independently of the slidesubstantially as described.

2. A hopper and a generating-tank combined with a carrier havingpockets, and a door or trap, said pockets having constricted mouthssubstantially as described.

3. A hopper and a generating-tank, combined with a carrier, a ratchetand pawl for the carrier, a slide linked to the pawl-bar, a stop if forthe slide, a movable dome having a finger b engaging the slide, and aweight for moving the slide in one direction substantially as described.

4. A hopper and a generating-tank, combined with a carrier, a ratchetand pawl for the carrier, a slide linked to the pawl-bar, a fixed rodhaving an adjustable stop If for the slide, and a weight and movabledome for reciprocating the slide substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence oftwo'subscribing witnesses.

O. J. MOUSSETTE.

Witnesses:

W. O. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

